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After trimming more basil from our garden I decided it was time to give the pesto recipe a try. I went in thinking it was going to be a long arduous task that would take hours to complete. 20 min later I was putting the final touches in my little pesto cake. Now I am all ready to make something pesto-y.

My mom is a weaver and a while ago I asked her to make me a rug. We finally decided that the best place for it was the bathroom and that I would like a red and orange rug. After a little trial and error my rug was finished and it arrived yesterday with a surprise towel thrown in. M & I love it! It matches our fish shower curtain perfectly. Mom asked what is going to happen when I “grow out off” orange and red… like that is ever going to happen.

Yesterday M had to drive to NJ to take care of a client and was done early. I encouraged him to take some time to himself because he works hard for his money (so hard for it, Honey) and he really could use a day off. When I got home and looked over at my desk there was (is) a ridiculously huge flat screen monitor sitting smack dab in the center. 24 inches to be exact. Now I work on a 12 inch ibook at home so this thing is just… huge is really the best way to describe it. After I got over the shock I looked around the house a little more and saw some other shiny new toys like a new drill and a laser level and some stuff in a bag that looks suspiciously like computer games. I swear I leave him alone for one minute and look what happens! Luckily he doesn’t get many free minutes.

I have been on a shoe hunt lately. I have always had eclectic taste in shoes to say the least. Either they are totally funky or they are utilitarian and comfortable. I ran across a shoe store that claims to have both. They pass the funky test for sure, but I am going to see how comfortable they really are. Check them out

M & I are project people. We seem to always have something or other in the hopper. The current project is operation renovate closet/office. First we took care of the office portion of the project. So far that has gone really well. Now it is time to tackle the closet. When we moved in there were two closet “systems” (I use the term loosely) in place in this room. One had to come out immediately because it wasn’t very functional. The other seemed to serve its purpose for the time being so we left it to work on things needing our immediate attention. Now it is time to replace closet system #2. This means that right now everything that used to be in that room is now all over the rest of the apartment. It is going to be great once we are done but sometimes I wonder why we do this to ourselves.

We have a lot of basil. The basil plants in our Aerogarden have been growing like crazy. Frankly we can’t keep up. I guess this means we are going to have to make pesto. Today I read a post on 101 cookbooks called “How to Make Pesto Like and Italian Grandmother”. I guess I know what I will be doing Sunday. To be honest I was just thinking today that it has been way too long since I spend an afternoon cooking so I am looking forward to it.

I am playing hooky on Friday… although can you really call it playing hooky if you request the day off? A friend and I are taking our cameras (we actually have matching cameras) and heading to the Orchid show at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and then heading to the Prospect Park Zoo. We are hoping that because it is Friday neither place will be mobbed with people. Keep your fingers crossed for us. I have been bad about taking pictures so far this year so I am really looking forward to this.

I just saw this super cute bag today on u-hangbag. Not only does Lisa show us great pictures of her bags, she includes step by step instructions! Amazing. I am not a great sewer, but I do make jewelry from time to time so I am excited about giving it a try. She also has a page devoted to tips on making hangbags. Who knows, I may be able to remake my little felt purse after all.

Things went great with project “spruce up wardrobe!” Thank you to all those who participated!! In addition to my mother, aunt and cousin, my sister also joined us via satellite. It was a great mix of style and experiences which made for some great suggestions. Hey, if an outfit could please the whole crowd I knew it was a keeper. I found out that I have not been too far off in my recent purchases. Some of my clothes need to be shortened (I am a shorty) and surprisingly few need to be subtracted. Luckily none of those were recent purchases. It was a lot like getting a new set a clothes without having to spend a lot of money. Shoes were the definite weak point. I am more of a comfort person and the chunky comfy shoes I have tended towards don’t fit in with the new more stylish looks I would like to start wearing. My husband already thinks I have too many… Oh to be a man and have three pairs of shoes that are comfortable and stylish.

I drove to the grocery store this evening to do the weekly shopping. I had no problem getting there the normal way but I figured I would try a new way home. An hour later I finally got home. Normally I wouldn’t think that was a blog-worthy event. But while on me detour I found myself with a spectacular view of lower Manhattan. Not bad. Even so, I think next time I will take the normal way home.